E210 Speakers upgrade

[TazUddin]

Issue resolved. The guy re connected the sos speaker and stuck it elsewhere. They tried flashing the system and resetting it but the sos went green for a second then went back to red. Thanks for your help mate.

Now I need to figure a way out to get the right speaker grill vent more sound out as theres no sos speaker on there so the grill holes are smaller. Hard to explain lol.

[JoaoM]

On 12/29/2021 at 5:45 PM, TazUddin said:

Issue resolved. The guy re connected the sos speaker and stuck it elsewhere. They tried flashing the system and resetting it but the sos went green for a second then went back to red. Thanks for your help mate.

Now I need to figure a way out to get the right speaker grill vent more sound out as theres no sos speaker on there so the grill holes are smaller. Hard to explain lol.

I hope the guy secured it properly otherwise you'll hear it rattle against the dashboard (many) parts.

I knew they couldn't fool the system: it's a safety system on a Toyota!

I understand what you say about the speaker grill: your driver side has less holes than the passenger side because, on driver side you just had the tiny tweeter and, on the other, you had the tweeter+SOS vent. An easy way to do it is to use a drill bit (1 to 2mm, you'll have to check which size enables you to make a hole without touching the diamond shaped grid) and increase the area. I recommend to use a cordless drill/driver with variable speed.

[TazUddin]

52 minutes ago, JoaoM said:

I hope the guy secured it properly otherwise you'll hear it rattle against the dashboard (many) parts.

I knew they couldn't fool the system: it's a safety system on a Toyota!

I understand what you say about the speaker grill: your driver side has less holes than the passenger side because, on driver side you just had the tiny tweeter and, on the other, you had the tweeter+SOS vent. An easy way to do it is to use a drill bit (1 to 2mm, you'll have to check which size enables you to make a hole without touching the diamond shaped grid) and increase the area. I recommend to use a cordless drill/driver with variable speed.

It's not in there with screws but it aint going nowhere. And yes you are exactly right about the speaker grills. Maybe I should buy a spare and try what you mentioned. 

[TazUddin]

Made small holes in grill. Will check tomorrow if they work. Won't be recognisable once on car.

[JoaoM]

Nice. It will do the trick.

[Ian Lemmy kilmister]

On 12/17/2021 at 11:42 PM, TazUddin said:

Trying to change mine as the dash speakers are distorting. Any recommendations? My stock speakers are larger than the ones above. It's a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Hatchback Design. Everything is stock/OEM apart from under seat subwoofers. I've attached a photo of the current speakers on the dashboard. TIA.

Hey.  How did it go?  
did you ad a amp to new speaker?

planing to ad speaker and amp to my e210 corolla hybrid.
not sure if its possible to send a powered amp signal true Dcm. 
 

Do u have coulor on the wires to Share?  

[TazUddin]

2 hours ago, Ian Lemmy kilmister said:

Hey.  How did it go?  
did you ad a amp to new speaker?

planing to ad speaker and amp to my e210 corolla hybrid.
not sure if its possible to send a powered amp signal true Dcm. 
 

Do u have coulor on the wires to Share?  

Hi. Yes all working fine. I had a under seat amp and sub (all in one) added to original Toyota setup couple of years ago. Adds a well needed bass boost. It's fitted underneath passenger side seat at the front. I don't have any diagrams etc as it was installed by the shops. 

[ollie.chambers1]

4 hours ago, Ian Lemmy kilmister said:

Hey.  How did it go?  
did you ad a amp to new speaker?

planing to ad speaker and amp to my e210 corolla hybrid.
not sure if its possible to send a powered amp signal true Dcm. 
 

Do u have coulor on the wires to Share?  

Here are the speaker wire colours/positions from my 2022 plate with the new head unit.

I didn't want to cut into the factory harness so got a small jumper from Amazon.com (America).

I added in the Kicker Key 200.4 amp combined with the Focal IS165TOY front and Focal IC165TOY rear Speakers. The built in dsp of the amp sounds amazing once you go through the auto tuning process with the plug in microphone!

Only thing left for me to do is add some sound deadening to the doors to tighten up the mids, and some to the rest of the car to dampen down the road noise a little.

 

[Tomv]

On 1/13/2022 at 11:52 AM, JoaoM said:

Nice. It will do the trick.

Do you have any pictures of the front doors after the sound deadening material was applied?

[Gerhard_Corolla]

I'm as well extremely disappointed with the OM Speakers and planning to upgrade them, but I do not have the mood or the will to invest in anything that isn't plug and play...

 

Thanks for all the ideas published!

[Ian Lemmy kilmister]

[Ian Lemmy kilmister]

colors of the cables to the Speakers

do not know yet if the right speaker goes through the dcm or if the sos speaker receives a signal only from the dcm ....

[fruit cake]

On 4/21/2021 at 8:12 PM, JoaoM said:

I've seen some people replacing the OEM speakers for some aftermarket ones and swearing for the results. Something with good frequency response and high sensitivity will do the job, or am I wrong?

As far as I could research, the base (non-JBL) system is composed by the Head Unit, 1 small tweeter on the driver's side dashboard, 1 tweeter + 1 midrange on the opposite side of the dashboard and one 6,5" woofer on each door.

 

 

I have a 2022 corolla cross LE without the JBL system  I can't hear anything why I set to rear fader.  Are there wires in the door to put Speakers on?   Do I have the 3 Speakers in the front and are they upgradable.   I feel like I got half a car stereo. Any thoughts?

 

[JoaoM]

On 6/21/2022 at 7:00 AM, Tomv said:

Do you have any pictures of the front doors after the sound deadening material was applied?

Sorry for the late answer, but here they are (rear door but is very similar): 

[JoaoM]

On 7/12/2022 at 4:59 PM, Gerhard_Corolla said:

I'm as well extremely disappointed with the OM speakers and planning to upgrade them, but I do not have the mood or the will to invest in anything that isn't plug and play...

 

Thanks for all the ideas published!

The Focal's IS/IC165TOY are plug and play.

[JoaoM]

On 7/13/2022 at 4:20 PM, Ian Lemmy kilmister said:

colors of the cables to the speakers

do not know yet if the right speaker goes through the dcm or if the sos speaker receives a signal only from the dcm ....

The right speaker is totally independent from the SOS speaker (double checked with a multimeter, there's no electric connection, it's a parallel connection from the head unit).

[JoaoM]

On 3/15/2023 at 5:55 PM, fruit cake said:

 

 

I have a 2022 corolla cross LE without the JBL system  I can't hear anything why I set to rear fader.  Are there wires in the door to put speakers on?   Do I have the 3 speakers in the front and are they upgradable.   I feel like I got half a car stereo. Any thoughts?

 

I'm not shure about the Corolla Cross but you can open the door inside cover easily.

[Tomv]

On 3/17/2023 at 9:57 AM, JoaoM said:

Sorry for the late answer, but here they are (rear door but is very similar): 

The transparent foil with black glue at the edge was there from Toyota factory?

[JoaoM]

Yes. On the rear doors. On the front doors it's a hard white plastic cover.

[Corolla sports tourer man]

What speaker model did you purchase and where did you get the speaker adaptors for the corolla doors. How did you wire in the crossovers.

[JoaoM]

On 3/27/2023 at 12:15 AM, Corolla sports tourer man said:

What speaker model did you purchase and where did you get the speaker adaptors for the corolla doors. How did you wire in the crossovers.

Speakers were Focal Polyglass PC165 and PS165. The front have separated tweeters. The adaptors were bought from AliExpress.

Wiring the crossovers is very straightforward as their box have the wiring diagram. I've decided to cut the original wires because I have no intention to ever remove the Speakers from the car.

If you need the colours I kept a drawing of everything.